Tong — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tong

The Social Security Administration has registered 309 babies named Tong between 1946 and 2019, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tong currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tong performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 147 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tong shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 102 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Tong in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tong in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 309 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.